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ARTICLE 30 - PART-TIME FACULTY PLACEMENT AND
ADVANCEMENT
30.1 Original placement on levels
will be as follows:
30.1.1 Level 1:
All new employees who meet the minimum requirements for
employment by the College but who do not meet the
requirements for placement on Level 2 or 3 as provided in
this Agreement.
30.1.2 Level 2:
30.1.2.1 Possession of
a master's degree in a field of study directly related
to the assigned position from an accredited college or
university; or
30.1.2.2 Possession of a
master's degree from an accredited institution with at
least thirty (30) quarter hours (twenty
[20] (20) semester
hours) or graduate credits in academic courses in each
second teaching field; or
30.1.2.3 A record of eight (8)
years experience in some combination of work
experience directly related to the teaching area at
the journeyman or equivalent level and/or teaching
experience; or
30.1.2.4 A bachelor's degree
from an accredited institution plus the experience
requirements otherwise necessary to qualify for
employment as an occupational instructor (for
placement on levels, a four
[4] (4) year learning
and training period plus three
[3] (3) years of
journeyman experience will be considered equivalent to
a BA degree for occupational education
instructors).
30.1.3 Level 3:
30.1.3.1 Completion of
ninety (90) graduate credit (quarter hours in
accredited institutions) relating to the individual's
assigned position, or equivalent; or
30.1.3.2 Seven (7) years of
experience in the trades (work experience) plus a
master's degree. The master's degree must be
applicable to the employee's assignment; or
30.1.3.3 Completion of an
earned doctorate in the field applicable to the
individual's employment or the equivalent; or
30.1.3.4 A master's degree plus
twelve (12) years of some combination of work
experience directly related to the teaching area at
the journeyman or equivalent level.
30.1.3.5 A combination of
in-depth work (work experience) relating to the
employee's occupational assignment and/or graduate
study relating to the employee's area and judged
equivalent to ninety (90) hours of graduate study. For
the purposes of this subsection, vocational
instructors will be granted equivalent hours as
follows:
30.1.3.5.1
Completion of forty (40) hours of employment in an
authorized dealership or shop at journeyman level
doing work related to the teaching field shall be
equivalent to one (I 1)
credit hour.
30.1.3.5.2 Completion of
forty (40) hours of special training school shall
be equivalent to three (3) credit hours.
30.1.3.5.3 Completion of
eight (8) hours of comprehensive training school
shall be equivalent to one (1) credit hour.
30.1.3.5.4 Completion of
academic credits in approved vocational-technical
courses with the credit hours as designated.
30.1.3.5.5 Completion of
curriculum development projects, media production,
or package writing beyond the employee's regular
assignment shall earn credit as determined by the
appropriate administrators; however, credit shall
be provided at a rate equal to one (1) credit hour
for each fourteen (14) hours consumed on the
project.
30.2 Part-time Original Step
Placement. Original placements on steps will be as
follows:
30.2.1 Individuals who hold
at least a BA degree from an accredited institution will
be granted one (1) step for each two (2) years of
applicable experience away from Lane Community College
(this will be determined by dividing the number of years
of experience by two [2]
(2) and placement on that step).
30.2.2 Individuals who do not hold
the BA degree will be granted one (I
1) step for each three (3) years of applicable
experience away from Lane Community College. For purposes
of this section, a four (4) year learning and training
period plus three (3) years of journeyman experience will
be considered equivalent to a BA degree for occupational
education instructors; however, the experience counted
toward level placement will not be counted for step
placement.
30.2.3 Prior to teaching experience
at Lane Community College will be credited on a
one-for-one basis.
30.2.4 No new employee shall be
initially placed above Step 5 on the salary schedule.
30.3 Part-time Level
Advancement. Following initial employment, level
placement will be as follows:
30.3.1 Advancement to Level
2 will be made when the employee satisfies the criteria
stated for Level 2 as provided in this Article or if
hired prior to June 1, 1984, completes three (3) years of
successful employment at Level I
1 at Lane Community College.
30.3.2 Advancement to Level 3 shall
be made when the employee satisfies the criteria for
Level 3 as provided in this Article.
30.4 Advance to Next Higher
Dollar. When an employee is advanced on the salary
schedule to the next higher level, he/she will be placed in
step at the next higher dollar amount at the new level.
Level changes shall not affect eligibility for step
increases. (An employee shall be moved from his or her
existing level to the next level at the next higher dollar
amount and then advanced one [1]
(1) step.) Exceptions to this procedure may be made
as necessary to insure that a level advancement results in a
salary increase.
30.5 Step placement shall be deemed
correct unless raised as an issue within thirty (30)
working days of employment one calendar
year.
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